School: Gleann Gort, Caisleán Nua Thiar (roll number 7329)
- Location:
- Glengort South, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Treasa, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0492, Page 211
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“Long ago there lived a man and he had to go a very long journey for a load of coal.”
Long ago there lived a man and he had to go a very long journey for a load of coal. It was twelve o'clock in the night when he was coming home and the night turned out very bad. It was so bad that the man had to untackle the horse from under the car. He tied the horse to a strong bush for the night and the man got a bag of hay to feed him. The man put his overcoat around himself and he slept under the car. He was not rightly settled down when another man came up to him and said. Dear man come in to my house for the night is very bad and you would get your death under the car. The man went into the house with the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toornafulla, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Patrick Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Toornafulla, Co. Limerick